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|  | Nortel buys PEC Solutions
Nortel Networks said it is buying PEC Solutions, a federal contractor, for $448 million. The deal gives Nortel a big boost in the lucrative government IT market. TheStreet.com (4/26), The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones (4/26)
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| | Sprint accelerates push to win over enterprise customers
Sprint has launched an aggressive campaign to lure business customers from MCI and AT&T, which are busy hashing out the details of mergers with other carriers. Sprint is offering a variety of service options including integrated wireless and wireline communications. Chicago Tribune (4/26)
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| | Analysis: How high is too high for MCI suitors?
Analysts are wondering if the company that eventually wins MCI will get the proper value out of the acquisition. SBC Communications seems to have bought AT&T for a bargain price when the competing offers for MCI are taken into account, The New York Times says. NYTimes.com (4/26)
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| | Linksys snaps up VoIP technology vendor
Linksys, best known for its Wi-Fi routers, is buying VoIP technology specialist Sipura Technology for approximately $68 million. Linksys has made VoIP a big part of its business strategy and the acquisition of Sipura should help it accelerate that push. TechWeb Network (4/26)
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| | Cable companies refuse to run SBC ads about phone rates
SBC Communications says both Comcast and Time Warner
are refusing to run ads meant to counter commercials being run by the
Texas Cable and Telecommunications Association. That trade group has
been campaigning against a plan to let local phone companies raise
rates. The Dallas Morning News (4/26)
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| | Microsoft Mobile looks to Zhang for a bang
The New York Times profiles computer systems researcher Ya-Qin Zhang, whom Microsoft last year brought over from China to boost its mobile phone software business. The first result of Zhang's work -- featuring the new generation of Windows Mobile software -- is slated to be unveiled in May at a Las Vegas conference. NYTimes.com (4/25)
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| | Netscape founders create free content network
Netscape pioneers have turned their attention to media content by launching the Open Media Network,
a peer-to-peer file-sharing system. The network initially is aimed at public TV and independent filmmakers, and is one of a
number of new tools likely to alter how content is created and
distributed. CNET (4/26), Los Angeles Times (4/26)
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| | WildBlue targets June launch
Satellite broadband start-up WildBlue Communications said it is
eyeing an official launch in June. The company said its basic 1.5 Mbps
tier will cost $49.95 per month, plus $299 for equipment. CED Magazine (4/2005)
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| | Analysis: Charter bets big on VOD
Charter Communications for years now has relied on VOD to provide it with a range of revenue sources. Here, eWeek takes an in-depth look at the efforts by the nation's No. 4 cable company to find gold in VOD as well as its future plans. eWeek.com (4/25)
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| | Rigas family to surrender assets as Adelphia, feds settle
The Rigas family has agreed to surrender assets worth about $1.5
billion as part of three-way settlement involving federal regulators
and bankrupt cable carrier Adelphia Communications. Under the
terms of the deal, Adelphia will pay $715 million, while the Rigas
family gets to keep only its original cable system in Coudersport, Pa. NYTimes.com (4/26), Los Angeles Times (4/26), Denver Rocky Mountain News/Associated Press (4/26), The Wall Street Journal (4/26)
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| | Arthur Andersen settles WorldCom claims
Arthur Andersen, the defunct accounting firm, reportedly has agreed to pay $65 million to settle claims that it should have uncovered WorldCom's accounting fraud. SeattlePI.com/Bloomberg (4/26), The Washington Post (4/26), NYTimes.com (4/26)
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